Cameroon sex

Data are legally and ethically restricted from public sharing. Rue Henry Dunant. Our objective was to estimate the size of FSWs within hotspots of Cameroon. A programmatic mapping was used, consisting of interviews with secondary key informants KI to identify hotspots of FSWs and their respective estimated numbers.

People displaced by a separatist conflict in western Cameron receive a food distribution in Douala, Cameroon, November 12, She has worked as a live-in servant, unpaid, for a year in Cameroon's commercial capital Douala since a separatist conflict forced her family to flee their hometown in the southwest. Out of work and living with a cousin, Landa's mother entrusted her to a wealthier couple who promised to send her to school in exchange for babysitting. I do the dishes, the laundry. I wash the floors. I don't sleep until everyone else is in bed," said Landa, whose name has been changed for her protection. It is a world away from flying planes or delivering babies - the jobs Landa had dreamt would be hers after finishing school.

In Cameroon same-sex sexual activity is punishable by up to five years imprisonment. Men who have sex with men, gay men, lesbians, bisexual and intersex LGBTI people face arrest, abuse and discrimination on a daily basis. They used their personal networks to engage their peers and spread the word about the services on offer and within months interest in both educational and clinical services rapidly increased. They also ran a series of education sessions. A network of peer education and discussion groups provided a forum for beneficiaries to discuss their experiences and share their problems.

In Cameroon, sex workers are often social outcasts. The same women who are sought-after at night are pointed at during the day, at times by the same men who visited them during the night. Most sex workers are forced by circumstance into their profession. They often know little about the health risks and do not have the power to negotiate with their clients over issues such as condom use.